> Premature optimization is the root of all evil. That is itself a premature optimization. "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the ti

> Premature optimization is the root of all evil. That is itself a premature optimization. "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%" Also worth noting that Knuth attributes this to Tony Hoare as "Hoare's Dictum" (possibly by mistake).